The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-01-05

THAT RERULTED FOR GOOD OR FOR ILL
The Demand for Eight Hours-Tho Big
Strike in Chicago and tho Anarchist
Bomb Throwcrs-Dig Packing House
striles-Strect Railway Tie Ups.
JANUARY
G. Great strike and lockout of the engi.
beers of the elevated railroad system Of New
York city. Travel was almost entirely sus-
sendoI for deg O. swo.
20. A riot occurred at Mount Pleasant, Pa-
The police and tho Hungarian strikers hod a
collision, in which several Of both parties
we're injured.
2S. Six thousand glovcmaliers of Johns
own and Gloversvile, N. Y, struck for
higher wages. Tho strike was not Oh very
long duration
FEBRUARY.
5. The employees Of tho New York, Seventh
avenue, Fourth avenue, Sixth avenue ana
Broadway surface roads strike successfully
for q reduction of hours.
MARCH.
8. brooklyn street car lines all "tied up"
5. General tic up Of the street railroads
Of New York city. 1t required 75o police
men to force car through Grand street,
where q Great crowd had assembled.
G. Five hundred men, Knights of Labor,
.mployei in the Missouri Pacific railroad
shops at st. Louis, quit work at tie blowing
of the room whistle. One thousand other en-
ployes who were also Knights also struck
The freight business of the road is paralyEed
T. Secret meeting held at st. Louis, at
which tho passenger engineers, braNcmcn.
switchmcn and fremcn Of the Iii souri, Pa
cilic system decided TO join the freight hail.
Llers and ca,shop strike. Accordingly none
uf them reported for work, and 60Oo miles
of road idle. Immense freight blockade.
| o. Employees of the Troy and La.isinGburg
street railroad at Troy, Il. Y, struck for
| fewer hours OF work Demands granted.
O. Five thousand empioyeso of tho "Gould'
railroad system were discharged Oh tho Mis-
souri, raciiic
TO- vicc-president IT, NJ. Hoxic, of the
Missouri Pacific railroad, declines to confer
with the Knights OF Labor or committee
from tho strikers.
~. No:;ie has Il confcronee with Governors
Marina. luke a"d Martin at st. Louis.
23 Jay Could accepted n proposal for ar
bitration Mr. PowCierly orders the men to
work.
90 The district assemblies X. of L. refus''
to obey Powderly's order, and instruct tue
| Missouri Pacific strikers not to resume work.
81. :!arrtin Irons issues a general order t.
the Knights to resume work on the Missouri
Pacific.
81. Six hundred and fifty morocco worker
Of Wilmington quit work.
o. Strike OF Cohocs soilnels ended. About
| 1883 persons affected
APRIL.
l. The strike Oh the Goull roads has been
resumed on acconat Of The refusal Of tue com
pany to rcilst:,to al the strikers.
8. Bloody Saturday" at Fort Worth,
Texas. Strikers resist the movement Of
trains, G.ing,a vo,lcy of Winchester riffs into
a POSSE of deputy sheliEs, killing ono and
ino:tally wountiing two others. The officers
replied with rcvolvers killing one striker.
| S. Mr. Powderly formally recalls his order
to tho Missouri Pacific strikers to resume
work.
0. Deputy sheriTs in East st. Louis fire
into crowd, killing seven persons, only one
| of whom was striker.
IL Powtlcrly makes an appeal to Could for
the settlement OF the southwestern strike.
Gould replies, justifying, his action and re-
| fusiag to grant the request Of the knights Tor
arbitration.
lG A general tic up ordered on the New
York City Third Avenue Street railway.
1G Martin Irons the leader i'll the great
south western strike is, with three others, III
dicted by the grand grand jury at st. Louis.
for tampering with telegraph wires.
1S. Widow Landgraf boycottei in New
York city for employing non-union bakers.
| 10. The Third avenue street car strikers,
Now York city, wreck a car and have a
short but savage fight with the police.
10. Tho great tie up Of the New York city
street railroads is off, with the exception Of
tho Third avenue line.
20 Trains arc running without molcstation
OIL tao Could roads, although the strikers
still profess 10 Ee confident Of ultimate sue
| cess.
20. The house committee at Washington
begins its investigation Of the strike on the
! Could roads. 1t was continued for some
time.
:5 ugar house employees at Williamsburg,
! n Y, On strike for I'll increase of wages.
%. Thirty-iive members of tho New York
Tailois' union indicted by the grand jury for
| boycotting.
| 81. The striking operatives of tho Missouri
! Car company havo resumed work. The Bal
tiGaore street car strike has also come to an
end.
q. The Third avcnuo street car strikers,
New York city, put Oh free coaches for the
accommodation of persons who would other
wise be compelled to ride in tho cars.
60. Chairman ODonnell, Secretary Best,
ard Graham, Hughes and Downing, Of tho
/ Empire Protective association, indicted by
tho grand jury et New York for ordering the
! ito up Of the Third avenue cars.
NAY.
l. Chicago trades urions demand q uniform
working day of eight hours, without reduc-
ton Of WAGES. The same demands arc made
in many other cities
]. Forty thousand mon in Chicago 60 on
strike for eight hours. Strikes for similar
! cause are general al over tho country.
| 4. An attempt by the Chicago police to dis
perse meeting of Anarchists was followed
, by riot il which O dynamite bomb was
thrown by the Anarchists among the police,
killing six onl wounding Sixty-one.
! 6. Rioters fred upon and several killed by
I tho sea:o militia at Milwaukee, Wis
! s. Loro shooting occurred at Chicago be-
tween tie police and Anarchists, and leading
rioters wcro arrested.
! &. Milwaukee, rioters indicted.
! Q. The pia3omakcrs Of New York Lavo
abandoned their demand for a reduction to
! eight hours q day.
10 Dir strike ct Chicago ended